Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-27
EAST FORT WORTH.
A Powerful Corporation Purchases q
Tract Of Splendid Land Immedi-
atelT Adjoining the City.
They viii Establish a City and Induce
Foreign Capital and Home Seekers
toCome Among Us.

tlemen arrived in Fort Worth in spec
ial car from Parsons, KaR. The car was
that of Colonel J. j. Frey, general su-
perintendent of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, and with him were j. D. Hill Of
Fort Scott, Kan, banker and capitalist;
c. S. Forgy of Forgy, OHIO, q capitalist
and one of the most enterpriSing citizens
of Ohio; J. W Maxwell of Denison; DR..
John E. Ennis, the well known excursion
manager, and A. B. Judkins, the passen-
ger and immigration agent Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, who, with DR.. Ennis, has
been in our city so often with California
by John +. SWayne, Zsno G.. Ross
James w. SWayne, Thomas D. Ross and
H. B. Herd, sll OF Fort Worth, and later
in the day the gentlemen held & meeting
in their rooms at one of our hotels, re-
naming IN session several hours. A
representative Of THE GAZETTE inter-
viewed the gentlemen after adjournment
and from them ascertsined the character
of their meeting and the enterprise they
had in hand.
It was meeting of stockholders of the
EAST FORT WORTH COMPANY,
chartered under the laws of Texas with
a capt. of $1,000 The stockholders
of this company are men whose names
are famous in the railroad world and
capitalists Of grest financial ability. As
far as could be learned they
are, j. J. Frey, general superintendent
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas;
E r. Cnenault, banker, Fort Scott Kan. :;
j. d. Hill, banker, Fort Scott, Kas.; g..
A. Ross, capitalist, OskalOosa, Iowa; d.
f. Gardner. director of the Farmers
National Bank, Springfield. Ohio; Josiah
Crafty. of Crafty Brothers, Chicago;
y. w. Maxwell. capitalist, Denison;
II. A. Fisher of st. Louis, general mana
ger OF the st. Louis and Central Illinois;
n. r Warwick of Cincinnati, Ohio pas
senger agent of the Missouri Pacific; j.
B. Frawley OF Detroit, Michigan passen-
ger agent of the Missouri Pacific, B. D.
Caldwell of St. Louis, chief clerk in the
passenger department Of the Missouri
Pacific; X. j. Williams, general freight
agent of the Ohio and Mississippi,
and f. Chandler of St. Louis, general
passenger agent of the Wabash; ;
DIT. John E. Ennis, the Chicago veteran
excursion agent of the Missouri Pacific; A,
B.Judkins, the passenger and immigration
agent OF the same road Nv. Mccullough,
general passenger agent of the Missouri
Pacific; L. d. VUak, general live stock
agent Of the Missouri Pacific; 0. T. Mar
tin of Springfield, OHIO, attorney of the
Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western;
II. NJ. Bronson, general passenger agent
of the Indianapolis. Bloomington and
Western; J. X. Brsntley OF Little
81 hn
LOUIS, Iron Mountain and Southern;
John f. and James W. Swayne, Zeno
c. and Thomas B. Ross and II. B. Herd,
all OF Fort Worth. This is the array Of
stockholders, and low estimate placed
on the capital controlled by them is $780,
900, 900.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The stockholders elected the following
board Of directors: John +. Swayne,
Zeuo G. Ross, II. B Herd, J. D. Hill, Col
orel j. j. Frey, A. B. Judkins and II. A.
Fisher. The directors at their meeting
elected Colonel J J. Frey of Parsons pres
idant, J. D. Hill of Fort Scott first vice
president, j ohm F Swayne of Fort Worth
second vice president, Zeno G. Ross of
Fort Worth treasurer, ana Thomas d,
Ross secretary.
OBJECTS IN VIEW.
Some ninety days ago a company was
formed with all of the above stockholders
except the Fort Worth men, that is stock
was subscribed to the amount set fourth.
Two agents of these stockholders were
instructed to investigate as to the best
point in the west or south where this
money could be invested. The
agents went quietly to work
and visited ell the booming towns
and from them all selected Fort Worth as
the city above all others in which to plant
the money What was known as Syl-
vania, comprising IA acres of land i'm
adjoining the city of Fort
Worth, was owned by the five Fort Worth
men in the present company. They had
very valuable piece of property, and did
not wish TO part with it, but finally at q
personal sacrifice to each one OF them
they sold a controlling interest in the
land to the gentlemen named. They
recognized the power such 6 combination
would be and for Fort Worth made the
sale. thus securing the benefit to this
city The land on which East Fort
Worth will be built is the very best situa
ton for town Of the character desired.
Extend g line east from First street
and let il run one mile beyond the city's
limits and you cover the length of the
tract. 1t is covered by the virgin forests
and is the only piece of land out of which
a park can be made so short distance
from the courthouse. The land is high
and the surroundings remarkably healthy.
The soil is Of character in which fruit
trees and grape vines flourish, and in fact
to-day a considerable portion Of land
directly adjoining this tract is devoted to
these industries.
THE IMPROVEMENTS.
The trade spoken of above was made |
sometime ago, and it was impossible 20 |
1t once convene the stockholders |
in Fort Worth, but they showed their !
slth by putting up the hard cash to en-
oloy 100 men to improve the place, later |
ct contracts for two miles of |
graded and graveled avenues which |
IRE now being made, and |
the directors ordered the |
urther expenditure at once of $4,000 in !
adding to the beauty OF the place. Sew
.ral fine artesian wells have been on the !
,lace for some time, but yesterday the !
.reatest artesian well ever drilled up
o this time proved q success. The |
,ore is S-inch, and at depth |
# 25G feet vein of superb water was
truck in bed OF the purest white sand |
nd the crystal fluid came gushing several
eet above the ground.
THE FUTURE.
Backinp their faith in the future of